MAC Mini and Sony TV LCD question

In the past, when I connected to my Sony projector tv, unable to use the highest setting because lost part of the desktop with icons on bottom and entire top bar. New Sony LCD used and same thing happening. I am using a HDMI connection on the Apple. Wonder if this would happen if I switched to analog? Any other settings I can manually adjust to get the full screen and menu bars??

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Display Issues, Mac Mini and Sony LCD TV

Hi,
First my setup:
Mac Mini(Core2Duo) = DVI2HDMI = Pioneer ASX2 = Sony Bravia 40W2000
I have two issues, in order of importance:
Issue #1: When switching off the Pioneer my Mac Mini will suspend. This is not wanted, because I somethimes want it to either work on the iTunes library (hours of work) or download torrents.
Issue #2: The famous my display is not 1080p anymore but VGA. Has anyone fixed this?
I haven´t seen any fixes to issue #2 even though it´s super common. I do hope that anyone can sort me out on issue #1

Both items #1 and #2 can be corrected using the Gefen DVI Detective.

Thinking of buying a mac mini and had a few questions. D:

I went to Best Buy a while ago, waited about an hour for help and I couldn't get anyone to help me.
haha so anyway, I want to get a mac mini. A reason is because I've never used an operating system other than windows, and all windows-based pcs that I've had start slowing down after a month; even with an anti virus program. So hopefully I won't have that problem with a different operating system.
One thing I wanted to do was to get a small 20-22 in LCD HDTV, would I be able to connect a mac mini onto one? Will it also play HD movies? The reason why I want to get a tv instead of a monitor is because I want to be able to connect a ps3 or xbox on it and play games every once in a while; unless maybe you can do the same with regular pc monitors. Would it be better to get a pc monitor instead? Which would you suggest?
Thanks lots. :]

The smallest full HD TV is going to be 32" although it's possible there might be one or two that are 26" in size. Anything smaller is going to be 720p and may support 1080i. The other option would be to get a monitor that size as they will more then likely support up to 1080p although as already mentioned bear in mind they may be difficult if at all possible to connect to a gaming console.
Having said that they may possibly come with one or two HDMI connections. Sound will be the other issue and you will have to sort out some sort of external sound option. lastly having full HD on anything smaller then a 32" is probably pointless unless you're sitting right up close to the display.
I currently have my late 2009 Mac Mini connected to a 32" full HD Sony TV via HDMI and it works great. I don't really use it for games though as I have a PS3, 360 and a Wii for that. The Mini goes through my Onkyo surround sound amp to my TV detects it as a 1080p TV. As it's going from mini display to DVI to HDMI I use a separate external JBL 2.1 sound system connected directly to the Mini for the sound. Apparently the Mini is capable of outputting digital surround sound but I've not looked into that yet.

Intel Mac Mini and Sony Wega displays

I purchased one of the G4 based Minis for use in my media center. At that time I had quite a bit of difficulty getting it to work with my Sony KDF-60xs955 60" HDTV. I did eventually get it working and stable but the process, when written down for others in this forum post, is somewhat intimidating.
My parents really need a new machine for their daily use and I'm going to be donating that Mini to them. Before I replace it with a new intel Mini (yay Front Row!) I want to know whether it will autodetect my television or not. I have no desire to spend the 4-5 hours needed to hack it into working again, plus the hassle of getting it to work again any time I switch displays for a few hours. More importantly I don't feel like I should have to...The HDTV is automatically detected by a PowerBook and that works flawlessly.
One of the major reasons I pay higher prices to Apple is so that it just works. My new iMac? It just works. My old PowerBook? It just works. My old Mac Mini? Not so much... So, here I am hoping to get an answer out of these forums: To buy or not to buy that is the question, whether tis nobler to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous non-support or to take my cash away from this sea of troubles and by opposing end them.
Thanks.
Mini G4 1.42/512/80/BT, AP | iMac intel 20" + 23" CinemaHD | PowerBook 17" Mac OS X (10.4.2)

Hi there,
I have downloaded the lastest Windows Media Player from Microsoft for Mac OS X, but it doesn't officially support the Intel Macs. It runs with wmv videos from my harddisk, for example, but I also can't play the amazon.com sound samples (I just tried). I guess it's because the Windows Media Player is running via Rosetta, maybe there is some problem there.
For the moment I could only suggest to use the Real-player sound samples as a work-around. Real player does work on the Intel Mac with these sound samples. Just that on my machine it does only download and I have to start it from the desktop instead of right inside of Safari. Maybe it's just a question of preferences, but it does work, at least.
Mac mini 1,66 GHz Intel Core Duo, 2 GB RAM Mac OS X (10.4.6) + PC (Win XP Pro) & iBook (Mac OS X 10.3.9)

Mac Mini and Philips 32PF9966 LCD

Hi all, I've posted this on another thread but no one's replied yet,
hope I will get more attention here!
I just got a mac mini C2D and hooked it via DVI to my philips 32pf9966 flat tv HDTV ready. The panel has a DVI socket so I used a DVI cable. The mini automatically resolved to 720x1280 50 hz resolution, the TV would recognize the input as 720p but the characters are bloated and the top, bottom,left and right edges bleed off the screen. If I choose from the mac the 768 x 1024 resolution, the top and bottom edges are fine, the characters are perfectly readable, but I have black borders on the right and left sides. The TV recognizes an XGA input.
From my TV spec, I see that the supported resolutions are:
Computer
Res. Refresh rate
640 x 480 60Hz
800 x 600 60Hz
1024 x 768 60Hz
1280 x 768 60 Hz
• Video
Res. Refresh rate
640 x 480i 1Fh
640 x 480p 2Fh
720 x 576i 1Fh
720 x 576p 2Fh
1280 x 720p 3Fh
1920 x 1080i 2Fh
1920 x 1152i 50 Hz
The 768x1366 is advertized as WXGA on the leaflet cover.
The question is: I have DisplayConfigX but I'm afraid of making some blunders playing around with the settings since there are no clear instructions on the site...I tried using "timing" to set it to 768x1366 but the program automatically switched it to 1368. Is this OK? If not how do I adjust it to 1366? After I click "install", will I be able to use the other configurations I already have in the Mac mini display options or will they be cancelled?
One last question: I'm in Italy, where allegedly the frequency should be 50 not 60Hz...Shall I go with 60 anyway?
Thanks a lot for your patience.
Andre

Hi, thanks for you reply.
Tonight I'll try the suggested settings and see if it works...
Re the manual, I don't think I can post any attachments here, anyway here is the link to the technical spec sheet
http://www.p4c.philips.com/files/3/32pf996610/32pf9966_10_psseng.pdf
where you can see that is supports PC connection and res. up to 768x1366
and here is the link to the manual:
http://www.p4c.philips.com/files/3/32pf996610/32pf9966_10_dfueng.pdf
on page 22 there's how to connect to a PC via DVI...
Do you know whether switchresX would support 768x1366?
Thanks again
Ciao

Mac mini and Sony tv resolution issue

Hello,
I have recently purchased a Mac mini for the purposes of hooking it up to my 51" Sony Wega HDTV. I took the mini out and connected the DVI adaptor that came in box and then hooked the mini to the tv via HDMI cable thinking this was the best possible connection for my mini. I have an issue where the screen is over flowing off the TV screen. I looked in system preference and have very limited resolution options but 1080i was selected and also over scan was checked. If I deselect overscan I get borders which I don't want. My tv doesn't have many options so how can I calibrate these two to work togethor?

I just discovered this is not a TV issue at all...
Uh, yes it is. Overscan is a condition unique to TVs. Computer monitors don't do it (overscan) hence there is normally no need for the kind of graphics card driver you are talking about, e.g. one that has precise control of video borders.
Many TVs on the market today have a method for defeating overscan, tucked away somewhere in their menu system, in order to allow the TV to be used just like a computer monitor. That is always the preferred solution when it is available because it will make the best possible image on the TV.
Your TV is a rear projection TV. Such TVs are not well suited for use as computer monitors because overscan is naturally baked into the optics architecture, meaning the manufacturer deliberately sets the mirror and lens system in such a way as to cause the native resolution (1280 x 720 in the case of your TV) to extend beyond the edges of the projection screen. Therefore it is impossible to get the native resolution of the projector's engine to display fully and perfectly on the screen. Only scaled or bordered version of it can ever be displayed. It's all fixed at the factory and there's no getting around the fact.
For the original G4 Mac mini that had ATI Graphics, there was a driver like the one you found for your father's Windows computer that allowed video borders to be set independent of resolution. But apart from that early effort on the part of ATI, I have not seen anything like that since for minis that have graphics based on Intel or nVidia hardware. I think you are going to be stuck with the dark video borders as a necessary limitation of the TV you own in the absence of any driver to counteract that limitation.
I believe the media center front end app called Plex has a facility for setting video borders, but I've never used it personally since I am able to turn overscan off on my TV. So I can't vouch for how well it works. And in any case, since it is bound to the app, it will only be active when Plex is running and not when, say for example, the Finder is in use, which is when you most need it.

Mac mini and sony 46X2000

I have a mac mini, os 10.4.11 connected to my SONY46X2000 via VGA cable. It works perfectly most of the time, screen res is set to 1024x1280 and the display is recognised as a sonyTV. I am however experiencing the odd drop out, where the screen goes completely blank. It returns after a few seconds. Could this be overheating? are there any such known issues, it does appear to occur when the mini has been left on for a long period (days, rather than hours).

Yes, that adapter would do it. There are also full length cables with DVI at one end and HDMI at the other. FutureShop seems to sell those as well.
http://test.energylabel.gov.cn/NewsDetail.aspx?Title=%e6%94%bf%e7%ad%96%e6%b3%95 %e8%a7%84&CID=31&ID=152
But before you spend money on this solution, it would be good to confirm a computer connection is supported by the Sony over HDMI. Check the Sony's user manual to see what it has to say about making computer connections.

Mac mini and Promise Pegasus Thunderbolt Question

I'm a semi-pro photographer and my wife is a graphic designer. I just bought a new mac mini with the Promise Pegasus 8 TB RAID drive. I know the mini HD is slow and the small so I want to use the RAID as a boot disk and to house my applications and files - effectively by-passing the weakest mac-mini link and as our primary music/media server o movies, music and photography. I've never used a RAID array before - usually individual multiple external hard drives. How do I go about using this RAID array for everything? Is it as simple as selecting this drive as the target or are there other hoops to jump through? I want to get as many answers as I can while everything is being shipped. I've had two HD crashes recently and I need the security of knowing all our data is safe...plus the additional speed and redundancy are very important.

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Mac mini and newertech ministack v3 question

I'm going to use the ministack drive as a boot drive. I'm looking for a large drive for the ministack, can you install a SATA/300 drive in the SATA/150 ministack and use it as a boor drive? Any recommendations on a drive?
Thanks

For bootable copies of your Minis HD and other backups, you need CarbonCopyCloner (donationware) :
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/systemdiskutilities/carboncopycloner.html
Or Deja Vu (shareware) :
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/systemdiskutilities/dejavu.html
And if money is no object, the fabulously expensive Dantz Retrospect:
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Mac Mini and thunderbolt/vga to LCD TV

Hi All,
Here is an interesting one......
I have just taken delivery of 5 new Mac Minis which have the thunderbolt port on them. The Mac Minis each connect using displayport tb/vga adapter to a switch then on to 5 LCD TVs.
The HDMI/DVI is not used.
In this config, if I start a Mac Mini the display will not route through the Thunderbolt/vga adapter to any of the TVs (even though I have selected them on the switch). The display seems to want to go through the default HDMI port.
If I connect a standard PC monitor to the tb/vga adapter and reboot, the screen shows correctly on the monitor. If I then change cables without a reboot, the LCD TVs show correctly!
I can add the PC monitor as a second monitor using HDMI/DVI and ensure that the outputs are mirrored AND that the VGA display is the primary. However, on reboot it's as if the details are all forgotten!
Searching around it seems that there are issues with Mac Minis and VGA connections to LCD TVs. That said, I wanted to put my environment out there and see if anyone had an ideas.
Interestingly enough, with older Mac Minis (without the tb/vga) it works perfectly well, indicating a problem with the new Mac Minis.
Thanks for ANY ideas!!!!

Hey Spost!
You have explained exactly what happened to me last night. I was afraid it was part of the 10.8.3 update or the latest ATV software update that hit this week. I tried from my macbook pro and the airplay from 10.8.3 and the atv software worked fine.
Previously my mac mini was connected to a monitor in my basement but last night i made it "headless" and moved it to my "server closet" airplaying prior to the move worked great ... then last night 4:3 Green Screen.
My guess is the computer needs to be connected to a external display in order for airplay resolution to figure itself out. Via Logmein i could see that the Mirror mode wanted to use the resolution that fit the mac and not what was best for the Apple TV ... Even forcing the change made the setting go right back to this mac.
Looks to be a bug in a plist file that apple would need to fix as many people run headless mac mini's and now wish to AirPlay to their Apple TV's without the need for a external cable run.

Mac Mini and LCD TV, changed resolution and now cannot use the screen anymo

hello,
I have a Mac Mini and and LCD TV which is connected via HDMI cable. I was playing around with the resolution settings (not very smart in hindsight) and managed to select a resolution that my TV does not support. I do not have another monitor or Macbook. Is there anything I can do to reset the resolution settings? I tried to reset the PRAM, but that didnt seem to solve the problem. I also tried starting in Safe mode but that didnt do the trick either.
Appreciate your help!

Arie, it may be possible to get to System Preferences via the keyboard. But you have to be sure the Finder is the foreground application. Is your Mac set to boot straight into your account or does it pause waiting for a password? If it boots straight into a user account, you can try the following procedure:
\- Restart the Mac (It should be hooked up to the misbehaving display in case that's not clear)
\- When it is done booting, type Cmd-Tab and then Cmd-Q. Do this several times. (Cmd-tab will step the Mac through all the programs that might be running. Cmd-Q quits them. Doing this several times ensures that only the Finder is running since the Finder can't be quit. This is important for the next step)
\- Type Shift-Cmd-a (This should open the Applications folder)
\- Type "sys" quickly (System Preferences within the Applications folder should now be highlighted)
\- Type Cmd-o (This should open System Preferences)
\- Type out the word "screen settings" completely (This should cause Displays to be highlighted in the System Preferences main panel)
\- Hit the Return key (This should open Display Preferences)
\- Hit the Return key again (This will clear any alert box that may have popped up)
\- Hit the Tab key once (This will shift the keyboard focus to the resolutions list)
\- Now start using the up (or down) arrow on the keyboard one press at a time. Each press of the arrow key moves to the next resolution in the list. Wait at least five seconds between arrow key presses for the resolution change to take effect. Hopefully, at some point, the monitor will light up with a stable image and you are back in business.

I there, my question is quite simple, I would like to know if the "apple remote control" can be used with a mac mini and , if so, it can be used to control also the "logic pro" functions (e.g. record, start, stop etc). Thks a lot, Danilo

I there, my question is quite simple, I would like to know if the "apple remote control" can be used with a mac mini and , if so, it can be used to control also the "logic pro" functions (e.g. record, start, stop etc). Thks a lot, Danilo

Good work, thanks for the report.

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Just bought a new Mac mini and have it hooked up to a Samsung px2370 HDMI to HDMI and as good as the picture looks I'm thinking it could look better ... And I've heard that generally a computer shouldn't be hooked up that way... The Mac mini has another mdp and the Samsung has dvi also, what are my options? All these adaptive have me stumped... Plus like I've heard On another thread the mini is thinking I have a television hooked up... Plus when the monitor was on 16/9 the menu bar was not visible and I changed it to screenfit on the monitor which worked but should I of kept it on 16/9 and adjusted it with underscan? Plz help

It works ok for me, I've got a 2010 mini (base model) and am using it as a server for web, iTunes and VPN. It handles lion fine, the only quibble is that being always on it heats up during the day a lot, more so than when I had Snow leopard installed. It's not to unacceptable levels though. But as dingy and beezelbubba say, Ram is cheap nowadays and if you've got the spare cash it's always worth it.

How to connect Mac Mini with LG 19LS4D LCD TV?

Hi all,
I just purchased my Mac Mini and tried connecting to my LG 19" HD TV using the supplied DVI to VGA adapter. When I first booted the machine "No signal" was displayed on my TV. I plugged in another 15" monitor and played around with resolutions and cable swapping and it works at 1024 x 768 at 60Hz (not ideal but better than nothing). Everytime I turn off the Mac Mini or it goes to sleep the resolution is reset and "No signal" appears again.
I have tried connecting via VNC to play around with the settings remotely but this has no effect on my TV monitor and is only resolved by the solution above or by leaving my Mac awake and not sleeping.
The documentation for the TV says that all the resolutions I have tried, and more are supported and Detect Displays under System Preferences shows these but defaults to a resolution that produces a "No signal" box.
Any ideas would be greatly welcomed.
Thanks in advance

Hi BSteely,
Thanks for the reply. To answer your questions, the LG shows on the mini as it should do i.e. there is a specific code (the LG model number) and lists the resolutions and refresh rates listed in the manual. Adobe Photoshop complains of a bad colour profile but I think that was only because when the LG is finally lit up it is as a result of me connecting the 15" monitor then hot swapping before OS X has change to realise.
When using VNC with the LG attached 1024 x 768 at 60Hz is shown but selecting that does not show the screen on the LG.
I did install SwitchResX from looking at other forums but was unable to save a usable state as the profile and resolutions were from a different monitor effectively despite my LG being connected. The P&D file that it gave back is listed in full below although I suspect this is for my 15"monitor (Excuse the length but I am unsure as to which bits are most useful).
The LG manual lists 1440 x 900 at 60Hz as the native default however the mini fails to recognise this. The easiest resolution I can get after hot swapping monitors is 1024 x 768 at 60Hz although the other day (not sure how) I did get 1280 x 1024 (at 60Hz?). The LG does not however have a DVI port. It does have HDMI so a DVI to HDMI cable could work but without buying a cable I don't know.
Here is the LG's information file:
DDC block report generated by SwitchResX version 3.8.4 for display
VGA/SVGA Display
------------------- RAW DATA ------------------------
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
0 | 00 FF FF FF FF FF FF 00 09 AD 38 02 BD E7 00 00
1 | 30 0B 01 01 08 1E 18 64 E8 17 26 A0 61 58 9A 2E
2 | 27 54 39 AD CE 00 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
3 | 01 01 01 01 01 01 C3 1E 00 20 41 00 20 30 10 60
4 | 13 00 1E 16 00 00 00 1E 64 19 00 40 41 00 26 30
5 | 18 88 36 00 1E 16 00 00 00 18 00 00 00 FD 00 3C
6 | 4B 1F 3C 08 00 0A 20 20 20 20 20 20 00 00 00 FE
7 | 00 46 58 57 4A 31 42 30 32 35 39 33 32 35 00 66
< 00FFFFFF FFFFFF00 09AD3802 BDE70000 300B0101 081E1864 E81726A0 61589A2E 275439AD CE000101 01010101 01010101 01010101 0101C31E 00204100 20301060 13001E16 0000001E 64190040 41002630 18883600 1E160000 00180000 00FD003C 4B1F3C08 000A2020 20202020 000000FE 00465857 4A314230 32353933 32350066 >
Valid EDID block: checksum passed
------------------- MAIN EDID BLOCK -----------------
EDID Version........1.1
Manufacturer........BMM
Product Code........14338 (3802) (0238)
Serial Number.......0000E7BD
Manufactured........Week 48 of year 2001
Max H Size..........30 cm
Max V Size..........24 cm
Gamma...............2.00
Display Supported Features:
Power Management: Active off Power Management: Suspend Power Management: Standby
Display type:
RGB color display
Display is non continuous frequency
Default color space is not sRGB standard
Input signal & sync:
Analog input with: 0.700V / 0.300V
Composite Sync
Color info:
Red x = 0.625 Green x = 0.345 Blue x = 0.180 White x = 0.329
Red y = 0.380 Green y = 0.604 Blue y = 0.154 White y = 0.225
Established Timings:
720 x 400 @ 70Hz
640 x 480 @ 60Hz
640 x 480 @ 72Hz
640 x 480 @ 75Hz
800 x 600 @ 60Hz
800 x 600 @ 72Hz
800 x 600 @ 75Hz
1024 x 768 @ 60Hz
1024 x 768 @ 70Hz
1024 x 768 @ 75Hz
Manufacturer Reserved Timings:
Standard Timing Identification:
Monitor Description blocks:
Descriptor #0 is Timing definition:
Mode = 1024 x 768 @ 75.029Hz
Pixel Clock............. 78.75 MHz Non-Interlaced
Horizontal Vertical
Active.................. 1024 pixels 768 lines
Front Porch............. 16 pixels 1 lines
Sync Width.............. 96 pixels 3 lines
Back Porch.............. 176 pixels 28 lines
Blanking................ 288 pixels 32 lines
Total................... 1312 pixels 800 lines
Scan Rate............... 60.023 kHz 75.029 Hz
Image Size.............. 30 mm 22 mm
Border.................. 0 pixels 0 lines
Sync: Digital separate with
* Positive vertical polarity
* Positive horizontal polarity
Descriptor #1 is Timing definition:
Mode = 1024 x 768 @ 60.004Hz
Pixel Clock............. 65.00 MHz Non-Interlaced
Horizontal Vertical
Active.................. 1024 pixels 768 lines
Front Porch............. 24 pixels 3 lines
Sync Width.............. 136 pixels 6 lines
Back Porch.............. 160 pixels 29 lines
Blanking................ 320 pixels 38 lines
Total................... 1344 pixels 806 lines
Scan Rate............... 48.363 kHz 60.004 Hz
Image Size.............. 30 mm 22 mm
Border.................. 0 pixels 0 lines
Sync: Digital separate with
* Negative vertical polarity
* Negative horizontal polarity
Descriptor #2 is Monitor limits:
Horizontal frequency range.......31-60 kHz
Vertical frequency range.........60-75 Hz
Maximum bandwidth unspecified
Descriptor #3 is ASCII data:
FXWJ1B0259325

Mac Mini and DVI to ADC adapter

I have an old Apple Cinema Display with an ADC port. I have the DVI to ADC adapter, which I have been using to connect to an old Power Mac which is on its last legs. I want to replace the Power Mac with a mac mini and connect it to the display from the HDMI-DVI cable (included) to the DVI-ADC adapter, and then connect on to the Display. The Apple sales representative (after laughing for a while, which I thought was fairly insensitive) said that I won't have audio with this setup, and I will have to get a whole new display. Is this true?

when you say "Mac flat screen LCD", do you mean this:
http://www.ares-woo.com/christmas2005/images/pc_cine.jpg
if it is, you might wanna try this:
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